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And pics are coming soon. I'm captioning the gallery right now so I hope to have it all done tonight. We had a blast!
Here's what we did:
4/9-4/10: 21 hour drive to San Diego
4/10-4/12: Wedding stuff in San Diego
4/13: Hung out with friends in Oceanside
4/14-4/16: Disneyland!
4/17: Hollywood, Vegas
4/18: Vegas, Hoover Dam, Skywalk @ West Rim of Grand Canyon
4/19: South Rim of Grand Canyon, random stops, slept in Winona AZ
4/20: Meteor Crater in AZ, random stops, slept in Tucumcari NM
4/21: Home
New Gallery For Your Viewing Pleasure
Thursday, March 6, 2008
I created a new gallery to put stuff that doesn't necessarily pertain to the house but we want to share with our friends.
Go forth and view! Link to gallery
Go forth and view! Link to gallery
Moar pics!
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Updated the gallery again!
http://vandalous.smugmug.com/gallery/3665402
Added pic of the rebuild entertainment center upstairs. Yay!
http://vandalous.smugmug.com/gallery/3665402
Added pic of the rebuild entertainment center upstairs. Yay!
Weekly update!
Thursday, November 15, 2007
First things first: new pics are up in the Gallery.
Lots of painting going on right now: kitchen, dining room, hall, and family room. We're also trying to finish out the kids' rooms before the influx of family next week.
My office is just about done. We just need a good framed WW2 aircraft print and to hang up Pepper's picture and medals.
Pool's set to be finished this weekend. Should be groovy!
Lots of painting going on right now: kitchen, dining room, hall, and family room. We're also trying to finish out the kids' rooms before the influx of family next week.
My office is just about done. We just need a good framed WW2 aircraft print and to hang up Pepper's picture and medals.
Pool's set to be finished this weekend. Should be groovy!
Help!
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Our house is buried in boxes! ;)
Trucks were unloaded last week Thursday and we've been slowly unpacking them all. The kitchen appliances are all finally installed (the warming drawer and oven/microwave combo were put in today) so we can finally cook regular food!
We had a yard sale on Saturday since our neighbors were doing it too and sold off some of the excess furniture we had. We have literally two sets of just about everything since Summer's parents are with us.
The pool remodel is going to start on Friday. We're getting new flagstone coping, redoing the concrete surrounding the pool, replacing the old tile in the spa with natural stone, replastering the pool with a mix of colored mica to darken the appearance of the water, fix the lighting in the pool, and pour some concrete to create a patio near the house. The spa will have a neat little fountain feature too.
We should be getting our couch for upstairs very soon. We still need to redo some carpentry in the upstairs living area so that we can move the TV to its final spot, along with the components. Once we clear the downstairs, we will install yet one more TV and then we should be done with the entertainment areas.
More later...
Trucks were unloaded last week Thursday and we've been slowly unpacking them all. The kitchen appliances are all finally installed (the warming drawer and oven/microwave combo were put in today) so we can finally cook regular food!
We had a yard sale on Saturday since our neighbors were doing it too and sold off some of the excess furniture we had. We have literally two sets of just about everything since Summer's parents are with us.
The pool remodel is going to start on Friday. We're getting new flagstone coping, redoing the concrete surrounding the pool, replacing the old tile in the spa with natural stone, replastering the pool with a mix of colored mica to darken the appearance of the water, fix the lighting in the pool, and pour some concrete to create a patio near the house. The spa will have a neat little fountain feature too.
We should be getting our couch for upstairs very soon. We still need to redo some carpentry in the upstairs living area so that we can move the TV to its final spot, along with the components. Once we clear the downstairs, we will install yet one more TV and then we should be done with the entertainment areas.
More later...
Oops
Friday, October 26, 2007
For some reason, my previous blog entry said that our trucks were delivered 3 days ago. Not true! We had them delivered and unloaded today and now we're in a maze of boxes and half-assembled furniture. Tomorrow we begin digging through everything in earnest so that we can make this place truly home. We also need to quickly identify items that we can sell at a yard sale on Saturday. One of our neighbors is having a yard sale that day so we thought we'd piggy back on their advertisement. :)
Our attic is gonna be full of boxes and such when we're done. We're trying to stay away from renting a storage unit since they are so pricey. Hopefully the HOA doesn't get uptight about our 3 vehicles being parked in our driveway.
Pics soon!
Our attic is gonna be full of boxes and such when we're done. We're trying to stay away from renting a storage unit since they are so pricey. Hopefully the HOA doesn't get uptight about our 3 vehicles being parked in our driveway.
Pics soon!
Trucks this week
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
We're having our belongings finally delivered today and have hired a local moving company to unload. After moving a bunch of crap up and down the stairs here when we first moved in, I was done with that and will gladly pay the pros to do it for me. I'll get some pics when the trucks are here. Whee!
Pics are up!
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Finally, the pics are up. I prefer SmugMug as my photo host so go to the gallery and let me know what you think!
Oops! Forgot to update...
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
I really need to sit down and upload the pics I have. I guess I'll create a separate post for that.
The hardwood floors are 95% done. The quarter-round trim still needs to be installed and that's scheduled for Wed. The tile is being installed this week with the goal to be finalized Thursday.
My office should be finished Thursday too. There is some trim work that needs to be finished but the floors and steps are done. The office furniture is scheduled to be delivered on Friday.
We finally ordered our bedroom furniture and that's set to be delivered next week.
We have to rebuild the built-in entertainment center upstairs to accommodate a larger TV. It was built in the early nineties with the original house and was not designed to hold a TV larger than 40". A TV that size is way too small for the space it's in.
Speaking of the upstairs living space, we ordered a leather sectional that can accommodate 10 people. This is going to be the primary entertainment area of the house so it needs to have plenty or seating.
We had a problem with the kitchen: the appliances we ordered won't work. We ordered an overhead microwave but the space it was intended for just won't work without it looking totally out of place. This means that we need a downdraft cooktop so we have to return the one we ordered. We also have to return the double-oven and reorder a microwave/convection/oven combo instead. Hopefully it will all get here before the granite goes in next week.
We've patched all the obvious holes in the fence so the dogs can't get out. Backyard stuff is progressing. We had a little storm pass over yesterday that showed us the limitations of our current gutter system which need to be worked out.
We painted the laundry room a bright yellow and it really makes the red LG washer & dryer stand out. It's purdy in there! :)
Pics soon, hopefully.
The hardwood floors are 95% done. The quarter-round trim still needs to be installed and that's scheduled for Wed. The tile is being installed this week with the goal to be finalized Thursday.
My office should be finished Thursday too. There is some trim work that needs to be finished but the floors and steps are done. The office furniture is scheduled to be delivered on Friday.
We finally ordered our bedroom furniture and that's set to be delivered next week.
We have to rebuild the built-in entertainment center upstairs to accommodate a larger TV. It was built in the early nineties with the original house and was not designed to hold a TV larger than 40". A TV that size is way too small for the space it's in.
Speaking of the upstairs living space, we ordered a leather sectional that can accommodate 10 people. This is going to be the primary entertainment area of the house so it needs to have plenty or seating.
We had a problem with the kitchen: the appliances we ordered won't work. We ordered an overhead microwave but the space it was intended for just won't work without it looking totally out of place. This means that we need a downdraft cooktop so we have to return the one we ordered. We also have to return the double-oven and reorder a microwave/convection/oven combo instead. Hopefully it will all get here before the granite goes in next week.
We've patched all the obvious holes in the fence so the dogs can't get out. Backyard stuff is progressing. We had a little storm pass over yesterday that showed us the limitations of our current gutter system which need to be worked out.
We painted the laundry room a bright yellow and it really makes the red LG washer & dryer stand out. It's purdy in there! :)
Pics soon, hopefully.
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